Dubai leader’s wife Princess Haya dramatically leaves him and ‘takes £31 million to start new life’

The Sun Newspaper The wife of Dubai’s ruler Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum has left him and taken £31 million to start a new life, it is understood. Princess Haya, who had not been seen since February, is said to have fled to Germany with her son and daughter. She is understood to have immediately

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Dutch queen criticized over meeting with Saudi prince

Queen Maxima of the Netherlands speaks at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2019 (GES 2019) in The Hague, Netherlands June 4, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw A United Nations official on Saturday joined Dutch lawmakers in criticizing Queen Maxima over a meeting she held with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the sidelines of the

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Amnesty accuses Eritrea of targeting diaspora activists in Kenya

Photo /AFP Eritrean officials are systematically harassing diaspora activists in Kenya, with apparent collusion on the part of Kenyan intelligence agents, Amnesty International said in a briefing on Thursday. In 2015, two persons who identified themselves as members of Kenya’s National Intelligence Service ordered Kenya-based Eritreans not to proceed with the launch in Nairobi of

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Ethiopian Airlines Group Voted ‘Best Airline in Africa’

Ethiopian Airlines Group, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, has been honored as the ‘Best Airline in Africa’ for the third consecutive year at the Skytrax 2019 World Airlines Awards held in Paris on June 18, 2019. The airline also won the much-coveted ‘Best Business Class in Africa’

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Erdogan urges world to keep Khashoggi case on agenda

At his G20 press conference, Erdogan says perpetrators of Jamal Khashoggi should be brought to justice Turkish President on Saturday called on the international community to prioritize bringing perpetrators of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to justice and do not allow this topic to slip out of global agenda. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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Why some Somali women support Al-Shabaab?

Al-Shabaab’s policies lead some Somali women to support the organisation politically and in some cases to play key military roles, a new study indicates. The group’s “brutal insurgency” is generally oppressive to women but can also provide them with important benefits, particularly by punishing gender-based violence and by upholding women’s rights under Islamic family law,

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Sudan’s military council accepts AU-Ethiopia proposal

Photo (AP) Draft proposal suggests few changes from previous Ethiopian plan endorsed by protesters but rejected by military. Sudan’s ruling military council has said a proposal submitted by the African Union (AU) and Ethiopia received on June 27 is suitable for the resumption of talks with the opposition on a transition to democracy.The generals of

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Trump says he appreciates Saudi purchase of U.S. military equipment

President Donald Trump said on Saturday he appreciated Saudi Arabia’s purchase of U.S. military equipment, calling Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman a “friend of mine” who had worked to open up the country with economic and social reforms. Trump’s plan to boost defense sales to the kingdom has hit obstacles in Congress, where Democrats and

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Suit filed to stop Kenya from taking part in Somalia boundary dispute in The Hague

Twenty petitioners have moved to the High Court seeking to compel the State to withdraw from a maritime delimitation case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Kenya was sued at the court by Somalia in August 2014 over a contested 62,000 square miles oil-rich triangle in the Indian Ocean. The petitioners, under Kinoti and

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Malaysia plans to decriminalize drug use to battle addiction

This June 26, 2019, photo shows customs officials display seized drugs at the customs office in Sepang. Malaysia’s government has announced plans to remove criminal penalties for the possession and use of drugs in small quantity to battle addiction, but stressed the move is not akin to legalizing drugs. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) Malaysia’s government plans

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